Boy&#39;s shirt



W i F. ELLINGER 2 36 322 BOY S SHIRT Filed Feb. 15, 1935 INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 7, 1936 r UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BOYS SHIRT Flora Ellinger, Milwaukee, Wis.

Application February 15, 1935, Serial No. 6,635

1 Claim.

This invention relates to improvements in shirts, and more particularly to shirts for juvenile boys arranged for releasable connection to and the support of short trousers.

Boys of the younger ages wear short, kneelength trousers arranged around the waist line with spaced-apart button holes which receive spaced buttons secured exteriorly about the waist of-shirts. Inasmuch as the form of trousers referred to are rather tight, it has been the custom to fashion the shirts, for wear therewith, relatively short, sothat a minimum of material is tucked into the trousers to prevent undue bunching. As the trousers are supported merely by being buttoned to the shirts, there is considerable strain on the shirts and buttons are being constantly torn off, with the result that the shirts become displaced and the appearance is untidy.

It is, therefore, one of the objects of the present invention to overcome the afore-mentioned objections by providing a boys shirt which will support the trousers without undue strain on the latter, which will maintain its tucked-in relationship to the trousers, and which will at all times be comfortable and neat in appearance.

In the type of shirt and trousers combinations above referred to, the buttons forming the connecting means, extend around the entire waist of the garments and in the rear thereof. The rear buttons are particularly inaccessible and difficult of manipulation for a small boy when disconnection of the garments is desired.

A further object of the invention, therefore, is the provision of a small boys shirt for attachment to a pair of trousers wherein means are provided for the adequate support of the trousers, but with the elimination of the usual rear, inaccessible buttons, whereby connection and disconnection of the garments is greatly facilitated and is rendered convenient.

Another specific object of the invention is to provide a boys shirt provided with accessible and disconnectable means for supporting a pair of trousers, and also having means for maintaining the lower portion of the shirt in proper position within the trousers.

A further object of the invention is to provide a shirt formed on its forward portions with trousers supporting means, and having a yielding waist engaging member within its rear portion and connected to the trousers supporting means, affording annular support for the trousers and maintaining the shirt in proper position.

A further object of the invention is to provide boys shirt which is of simple construction, is

strong and durable, is comfortable, is neat and attractive in appearance,

and which is well adapted for the purposes described.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists of the improved shirt, and its parts and combinations as set forth in the claim,

and all equivalents thereof.

In the accompanying drawing in which the same reference characters indicate the same parts in all of the views:

Fig. 1 is a front view of the improved shirt in the position in which it is worn and with a broken line showing of the upper portion of a pair of trousers connected thereto;

Fig. 2 is a view of the shirt with its front sections folded outwardly to disclose interior details of construction; and

Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken on line 3--3 of Fig. 1.

edges of said front sections.

Sleeves 8 have their upper ends secured to upper portions of the sections, and the top portion of the shirt is provided with the usual collar 9. The front sections 5 and 6 are relatively short, while the rear section is formed with a depending tail l 0.

Three buttons 1 l are secured to the outer face of the shirt section 5 in horizontally spaced relation at the waist line thereof and somewhat above the lower edge of said section. Similarly, a pair of buttons l2 are secured exteriorly to the other front section 6. To prevent the buttons from being pulled loose and tearing the fabric, the inner surface of each section 5 and B carries a reinforcing strip I3 through which the attaching threads for the individual buttons extend.

At the waist line of the rear section 1 of the shirt, and interiorly thereof, straps M are secured, through which a yielding belt [5, of a suitable elastic material, is removably passed. The belt 15 is of a length to extend across the breadth of said rear section and partially overlap inner end portion of the strips l3. The overlapping portions of said belt are formed as fabric flaps l6 and are provided with button holes for attachment to inner buttons II.

In use, the improved shirt is worn by small boys and is adapted for cooperating with knee trousers of the type provided with button holes around the waist line, to permit the trousers be- The shirt is tucked into the upper portion of the trousers l8 in the usual manner and the front portion of the trousers are buttoned to the front sections of the shirt by means of the buttons II and I2. Due to the fact that the front sections of the shirt are relatively short, the button connections just referred to, in addition to providing support for the trousers, hold the front of the shirt in proper position within the trousers. The rear section of the shirt is provided with the tail I0 so said rear portion does not readily become pulled out with respect to the trousers. In addition, said rear section carries the internal elastic belt 15 which engages around the rear and side portions of the waist of the wearer and efiectively retards undesired outward pulling of the shirt. V

The positive attachment between the shirt and the trousers is only effected in the forward and side portions of the garments. However, inasmuch as the belt l5 engages the wearer, and the belt in turn is carried by the shirt to which the trousers are positively connected, as far around ,as the extreme side portions, said belt provides an effective positioning and supporting means for the side buttons whereby the rear portion of the trousers will be held in snug engagement with the wearers waist-line and be thus properly supported relative to the shirt and wearer.

To detach the trousers from the shirt, and vice versa, it is only necessary to manipulate the forward buttons II and I2 which can be readily reached by a small boy without inconvenience. Inasmuch as only the rear section of the shirt has a tail, the tucked in portions of the shirt will v line may be varied to accurately adapt it to the needs of the particular wearer.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the improved boys shirt is of simple and unique construction, and is Well adapted for the purposes set forth.

What is claimed as the invention is:

A shirt, comprising a pair of complementary front sections connectable and separable along their entire meeting edge portions, a rear section having a depending tail portion and secured at its side edges to the front sections with said tail portion extending below the edges of the front sections, buttons carried exteriorly by said front sections adjacent the lower edges thereof, and an elastic waist engaging belt removably loosely attached interiorly to said rear section above the tail portion and extending transversely thereacross and having its opposite ends detachably secured to interior portions of said front sections substantially coincident with some of said buttons.

FLORA ELLINGER. 

